Print apparatus

An apparatus comprising:

• a print unit configured to print on a sheet at a print position in a path where the sheet is fed, wherein the sheet is continuous;
• a first reading unit configured to read at least one of a pattern and an image formed on the sheet by the print unit for inspection, at a first reading position on a downstream of the print position in the path;
• a second reading unit, provided separately from the first reading unit, configured to read a cut mark formed on the sheet at a second reading position on a downstream of the first reading position in the path;
• a first cutter that cuts the sheet on a downstream of the second reading position in the path;
• and
• a second cutter that cuts the sheet on a downstream of the first cutter,
• wherein a plurality of images are sequentially printed on the sheet along a direction in which the sheet is conveyed, the cut marks are formed in margin areas between adjacent images, and the pattern is formed in at least one of the margin areas, and
• wherein the sheet is cut first by the first cutter at a first cut position set on the sheet based on a reading of the cut mark by the second reading unit, and subsequently the sheet is cut by the second cutter at a second cut position set on the sheet, the first cut position is a position corresponding to an end part on an upstream side of the margin area, the second cut position is a position corresponding to an end part on a downstream side of the margin area.

An apparatus comprising:

• a print unit configured to print at a print position in a path where a continuous sheet is fed;
• a first reading unit configured to read at least one of a pattern and an image formed on the sheet by the print unit for inspection, at a first reading position on a downstream of the print position in the path;
• a second reading unit, provided separately from the first reading unit, configured to read a cut mark formed on the sheet at a second reading position on a downstream of the first reading position in the path;
• and
• a cutter that cuts the sheet on a downstream of a reading position by the second reading unit in the path,
• wherein, a plurality of images are sequentially printed on the sheet along a direction in which the sheet is conveyed, the cut marks are formed in margin areas between adjacent images, and the pattern is formed in at least one of the margin areas, and
• wherein the second reading unit reads the cut mark in a limited detection period in which the margin area where the cut mark is formed is expected to pass through the second reading position, and the cutter cuts the sheet on the basis of a reading of the cut mark by the second reading unit.